New Releases by Nancy Klein

Amidst the turbulent backdrop of a manufacturing town in the grips of the Industrial Revolution, Elizabeth Gaskell penned the timeless passion of Mr. Thornton and Margaret Hale. A mixing of contemporary and Victorian, this short story anthology by twelve beloved authors considers familiar scenes from new points of view or re-imagined entirely. Capturing all the poignancy, heartbreak, and romance of the original tale, Falling for Mr. Thornton is a collection you will treasure again and again. Stories by: Trudy Brasure * Nicole Clarkston * Julia Daniels * Rose Fairbanks * Don Jacobson * Evy Journey * Nancy Klein * M. Liza Marte * Elaine Owen * Damaris Osborne * Melanie Stanford ** Foreword by Mimi Matthews **

Cinc nois ingressen, entre 1960 i 1961, com a novicis a la Cartoixa de Parkminter, al Regne Unit i, al llarg de més de quaranta anys, la seva evolució tant personal com espiritual haurà estat diferent. L’eternitat de les hores narra els canvis interiors de cadascun d’ells a partir de converses directes amb l’autora, cartes, diaris personals, visites i documentació diversa. Nancy Klein aconsegueix, mitjançant un treball de periodisme de profunditat i d’acostament antropològic, establir un retrat molt ajustat de què és allò que pensen aquells cinc joves novicis. També narra què passa dins d’un monestir de cartoixans, de quina manera hi viuen els monjos i com veuen i senten la seva vocació. Amb un estil que emociona i que no s’allunya mai ni de la vida quotidiana ni dels sentiments més transparents, l’autora escriu un llibre brillant sobre la vida dins d’una Cartoixa, exactament igual com la que apareix a la pel·lícula El gran silenci.

In 1960, five young men arrived at the imposing gates of Parkminster, the largest center of the most rigorous and ascetic monastic order in the Western world: the Carthusians. This is the story of their five-year journey into a society virtually unchanged in its behavior and lifestyle since its foundation in 1084. An Infinity of Little Hours is a uniquely intimate portrait of the customs and practices of a monastic order almost entirely unknown until now. It is also a drama of the men''s struggle as they avoid the 1960s -- the decade of hedonism, music, fashion, and amorality -- and enter an entirely different era and a spiritual world of their own making. After five years each must face a choice: to make "solemn profession" and never leave Parkminster; or to turn his back on his life''s ambition to find God in solitude. A remarkable investigative work, the book combines first-hand testimony with unique source material to describe the Carthusian life. And in the final chapter, which recounts a reunion forty years after the events described elsewhere in the book, Nancy Klein Maguire reveals which of the five succeeded in their quest, and which did not.

Songs, poems and facts about dinosaurs.

Focusing on the directions taken by tragicomedy and the court masque, this book accounts for the shift in genre during the decade following the return of Charles II.